Jill Collins McCorkle (July 7, 1958 Lumberton, North Carolina) is an American short story writer and novelist. She graduated from University of North Carolina, in 1980, where she studied with Max Steele, Lee Smith, and Louis D. Rubin. She also attended Hollins College now Hollins University with Lee Smith where she received her MA. She taught at Tufts University, University of North Carolina, Duke University, Harvard University and Bennington College. She teaches at North Carolina State University. Awards 1993 New England Booksellers Award 2000 Dos Passos Prize 2018 Featured speaker at the Monroe Scholars Book and Authors luncheon. Works Stories available online "Going Away Shoes", Blackbird, Fall, 2007 "Magic Words", Narrative, Fall 2008 Sources References External links Author's website "Creature of Habit: An Interview with Jill McCorkle", AGNI online, Sherry Ellis 20th-century American novelists American women novelists American women short story writers 1958 births University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Hollins University alumni Tufts University faculty University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty Duke University faculty Harvard University faculty Bennington College faculty North Carolina State University faculty Living people 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American short story writers Writers of American Southern literature Novelists from Massachusetts Novelists from Vermont American women academics 21st-century American women